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SVS Eighth Graders Nina Caudill and Edward Morris rise to the top on Cathedral's Entrance Exam

Congratulations to Nina Caudill who placed second out of 530 students who took the entrance exam at Cathedral Catholic High School. Nina was presented with a $5000 scholarship from Mike Deeley, principal at CCHS, for her accomplishments.

We also congratulate Edward Morris, who was the recipient of a $1000 scholarship for placing 8th in the exam. We are so proud of their success!

VIKINGS RISE TO THE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD CHALLEGE!!!!!

On Saturday, February 6th 39 of our middle school students (and their parents!) awoke before dawn and braved the rain for the 26th annual San Diego Regional Science Olympiad Competition. Our region is by far the largest in the entire country and the competition is fierce. Seventy-four teams representing twenty-three schools were present for the competition that began at 7:15am and ended at 2:15pm. St. Vincent's was one of the smaller schools at the competition and the only Catholic school present. Last year, we placed three times and our school was 15th overall. This year, our students placed in the top twenty ten times and earned 12th place overall! It was a day of perseverance, spirit, science, and of course, fun! Every student on the team contributed to our school's success, and every student should be proud of our accomplishments. Thank you so much to all of the parents, families, and coaches who helped us along the way. Congratulations, Vikings!

Top 20 Awards

Can't Judge a Powder- 17th Place (Lourdes Acosta & Rosie D'Amato)

Ornithology- 14th Place (Nina Caudill & Rosie D'Amato)

Pentathlon- 6th Place (Catherine Hanczcor, Tito Howell, Lourdes Acosta, Talia Hill) & 9th Place (Bianca Martinez, Ashley Crady, Cielo Gonzalez, Nadia Carrillo)

Physical Science Lab- 19th Place (Aimei Reily & Alicia Comer)

Science Crime Busters- 10th Place (Rosie D'Amato & Aimei Reily)

Shock Value- 17th Place (Catherine Hanczcor & Nina Caudill)

Write It Do It- 19th Place (Nina Caudill & Rosie D'Amato)

Battery Buggy- 11th Place (Nikki Borg)

Junkyard Challenge- 20th Place (Tito Howell & Anthony Terzoli)

VIKINGS 2010 SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TEAM

SIXTH GRADE SEVENTH GRADE EIGHTH GRADE

Bianca Martinez Tito Howell Rosie D'Amato

Vanessa Gonzalez
Anthony Terzoli
Alicia Comer

Samantha Webster Lourdes Acosta Catherine Hanczor

Ymar Ascough
Talia Hill
Nina Caudill

Nadia Carrillo
Braden Rowan
Aimei Reily

Cameron Heon
Remee Cacho Natalia Jacobo

Rachael Brooks Thomas Krause Nathan Fisher

Josh Rifat
Thomas Jewel

Bryan Farres- Oriol Cielo Gonzalez

Abby Holland Sarah Hoskin

Natalia Jones Ashley Crady

Jennifer Irving Nikki Borg

Anthony Carrillo Brenna Machek

Monica Sandoval Grace Nokes

Eliza Lozano Edward Morris

Camille Tudury

Sophie McNamara

Arturo Jacobo

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FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to Kieran Berton!!

Out of three hundred boys who took the high school entrance exam at St. Augustines's, Kieran placed first! We are so proud of his accomplishments

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Congratulations!!!!

Rosie D'Amato won third place in a city wide Essay Contest!!!!

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Nina Caudill and Trevor Leweck were honored on January 13^th for their outstanding leadership at Cathedral Catholic's Leadership luncheon. An 8^th grade boy is chosen to receive the Father Leo Lanphier award and an 8^th grade girl receives the Adrienne Ward award. The students exhibit qualities of leadership, academic success, good citizenship and extracurricular involvement. Nina and Trevor are wonderful examples of success and service among our students. We're proud of you!